Think Pink

By Paul Lukas, on August 8th, 2006

Everyone’s youth features some sort of traumatic memory that causes lasting damage for years to come, whether it’s witnessing a horrific car crash or walking in on your parents at an intimate moment. But for Mike Raymer, it was — well, let’s have him tell it in his own words:

I went to a small school in western New York. Each year we played this school called Springville in basketball. One season they came rolling into my school wearing these things. Needless to say, it left a lasting image in my brain.

Recently I finally did a little investigative work. The current athletic director at Springville was good enough to go digging around the school basement to find the pink uniforms and he let me come in to take the photos. I asked him what the story was with the pink and he said there were two theories floating around:

1. The company that made the uniforms just sent the wrong color. Springville normally wears purple (sorry) and yellow, Minnesota Vikings colors. In the photos you can see the purple color in the trim.

2. The basketball coach at the time was a real hardass who told his guys that if they went into an opposing team’s gym wearing pink, they’d have to play extra tough.

I like theory #2 myself. I’m not sure how many seasons Springville wore these, or the exact years. I just know these things should be in some kind of museum. The warmup pants alone left me speechless [here’s the matching top], and the shorts were really short.

And if these things made a lasting impression on Raymer, imagine the poor kids who had to wear them.

Underbrim Update: As most of you know, underbrims used to be green, and now they’re usually gray, except for the couple of teams who use black. The team that usually gets credit for sparking the move away from green is the Reds, who according to several accounts switched to gray underbills sometime in the mid-1970s (the exact year is a matter of some dispute), after a government report indicated that gray was easier on the eyes.

But Mark Shires, who works as a trainer for the double-A Bowie Baysox, recently pointed me toward this 1996 article, in which longtime baseball executive Syd Thrift claims to have introduced the gray underbill back in 1971, when he was running the Baseball Academy, a Florida instructional facility for prospects in the Royals’ system. Here’s the key excerpt:

[Thrift] went so far as to change the color of his team’s baseball caps — because of the eyes.

That came about as the result of a conversation 25 years ago with a friend, John Nash Ott, founder of the Environmental Health and Light Research Institute in Sarasota, Fla.

Ott told Thrift that eyes absorb energy from sunlight, energy that can influence things as diverse as blood pressure and cholesterol level.

Further, certain colors such as red, orange, yellow and green absorb much less light than colors at the other end of the spectrum.

Ott asked Thrift, ”Why do you have all that green in the cap brims?”

Thrift replied that was how baseball always did it.

Ott convinced Thrift that light reflects off the underside of the visor, and that if the visor was gray, it would absorb more of the light’s energy and the players actually would feel stronger.

”I called the New Era Cap Company and got ’em to switch all our caps to gray,” Thrift said. ”In retrospect, I wish we had patented it. We could have called it Academy Gray or Thrift-Vision.”

Okay, coupla thoughts here:

• This story, even if true, doesn’t necessarily contradict the notion that the Reds were the first team to wear gray underbills on the MLB level, because the Baseball Academy was for prospects. It’s not clear when the Royals themselves actually switched over from green to gray, but I’m trying to find out.

• Any system that tries to equate light absorption with cholesterol levels sounds a tad fishy, no? This sounds only half a step removed from a quack nutritionist telling you to drink three horseradish smoothies a day because it’ll increase your gamma globulins or something.

• “Thrift-Vision”? Please.

Meanwhile, Leigh MacArthur has turned up a photo of the single-A Bakersfield Blaze’s orange underbrims, which are apparently used only for the team’s BP caps.

Uni Watch News Ticker: Thanks to the folks at Yahoo!, who know a good thing when they see one. … Kevin Zdancewicz notes that there’s another book about uniform numbers on the horizon (see link at right). … Here’s something I’ve never seen before: The jersey sleeves for Fulham, a team in the English Premier League, have thumbholes (with thanks to Mark Lockwood). … I’ve written several times about the extra panel of mesh fabric that Pedro Martinez has sewn into his sleeves (additional views here and here). But in case you missed it, yesterday’s comments section included a link to a photo of Carl Crawford going for the bell-bottom/pajama look via an extra strip of fabric sewn into his pants. … Nice gallery of really ugly soccer jerseys here (with thanks to Brian Wysocki. … Roberto Hernandez’s return to the Mets precipitated a bit of uni-number shuffling. As usual, full details are available on the excellent Mets by the Numbers site (see the July 31, August 1, and August 4 entries). … Mainstream sportswriters are catching on to the Uni Watch way of looking at things: ThisDetroit Free Press article includes a note that “[Tigers] reliever Jason Grilli’s new glove has a miniature Italian flag stitched into the leather” (thanks to Steve Knowlton for the tip), and here‘s an entire article devoted to Ben Roethlisberger’s helmet beanie (with thanks to Chris Hilf).

93 comments to Think Pink

JTH|
August 8, 2006 at 8:58 am |

File this under lasting images. Those pink unis remind me of my first Little League team (1978, I think). We had maroon jerseys (t-shirts, really) that we could keep and “real” baseball pants that had to be returned after the season.

One kid’s mother didn’t pre-wash the shirt before the first wearing, so she just threw the whole uniform in the wash after the game. The shirt’s color ran, stained the pants pink and the poor bastard had to play the whole season with pink pants.

To add insult to injury, the league wouldn’t take the pants back after the season, so his parents had to pay for them.

Pretty sweet Paul that your blog got mentioned on Yahoo; very good exposure!

Billy|
August 8, 2006 at 9:16 am |

Reminds me of the pink locker room at Iowa’s Kinnick stadium. Hayden Fry had it painted pink because, as a psych major, he had read that pink supresses agression, or something like that…I think it is still pink to this day.

Mike|
August 8, 2006 at 9:24 am |

Paul, i read you’re basically visiting everywhere but around st. louis, but the actual city itself. I find this sad and demoralizing. Oh well. have a good trip, and let us know when you’ll be visiting cardinal country.

numba1stunna|
August 8, 2006 at 9:25 am |

Speaking of uniforms that put a bad taste in your mouth, does anyone have a picture of the Twins Red/Pink Softball alternate jersey that they wore once or twice in the late 90s or early 2000s because they got laughed at so badley they stopped wearing them and developed the blue alternate uniforms

on the topic of th ebook about the greatest players for each number- this was covered in an issue of Maxim or FHM in 1997 or so (sorry, I no longer have the magazine) I remember that my friends and I had some lengthy discussions over some of the numbers. Should be a pretty decent book to check out.

Tim from MN|
August 8, 2006 at 9:45 am |

Back in the days of little league baseball, I was on a team that had a white jersey with red pinstripes, they had to have been around for at lest 20 years… By the time I got around to wearing these wonderful monstrosities, they pretty much took on a pink hue… And to top is off, they fit like spandex after the years of washing…

As a lifelong Orioles fan I can’t give Syd Thrift credit for anything except starting the demise of my favorite team. And on a similar note….if there are any other O’s fans out there, a local sports talk station is holding a “Rally” where they are urging all fans to attend the game wearing either all black shirts with no logos or Ravens gear. I for one hope it gets the point across to Mr. Angelos, and if it doesn’t at least there will be this cool black-out effect in the stands. I’ll post pics when it happens.

In fact in teh 1st women’s world hockey championship in 1990, theCHA in their infinate wisdom thought that they needed a gimmick to sell tickets to the event – so they outfitted the Canadin team in Pink and white monstrosities! I wish I could find a pic, if anyone else has one it is worth posting! Thank goodness they came to their senses and went back to the traditional red and white for the next championships and into the present

I remember back in youth soccer that every year one team had to wear pink. This was because they randomly assigned jersey colors so every year a different team got it. These were only in the younger leauges but come on, talk about degrading! Also, what are the Orioles fans so steamed about?

(being a girl, vintage bball shorts actually fit me – they aren’t too long and baggy. and the pink is sweet.)

Chris In CA|
August 8, 2006 at 10:25 am |

Those soccer jerseys are nas-tay! I think if I stare hard enough at a few of them, I’ll find a hidden rocket or pirate ship within the print.

Kevin|
August 8, 2006 at 10:28 am |

Please MLB fine Carl Crawford for his pants debacle. Adding fabric so they are bigger on the bottom? Sad. This weekend I spread the Uniwatch love but warned people once they started reading this stuff they get hooked easily.

I also just noticed that the article says that the Expos/ Nationals have retired Gary Carter’s #8 jersey, but this number is in fact worn by the Nats utility man Marlon Anderson.

Edward G|
August 8, 2006 at 10:29 am |

Are there any other teams that used a different underbrim color for say an alternate hat ala the Pirates?

I actually liked this hat enough to buy it when I was in Cooperstown this summer.

Chip Harp|
August 8, 2006 at 10:30 am |

Palermo, of the Italian Serie A, plays in pink tops and black shorts which look pretty cool. Also, Juventus, the mighty cheating club of Italian football fame, has also worn pink as an alternate to their famous black and white striped shirts.

Regarding Orange underbrims, when Idaho State debuts their Division I softball team in February, we will have black hats (we are black and orange) with a white interlocking IS logo (designed by me mind you), but of note here…the underbrim in orange as well…I’ll have to get a picture tomorrow.

C.J. Andringa|
August 8, 2006 at 10:33 am |

[quote comment=”4687″]Reminds me of the pink locker room at Iowa’s Kinnick stadium. Hayden Fry had it painted pink because, as a psych major, he had read that pink supresses agression, or something like that…I think it is still pink to this day.[/quote]

Yep. UI is finishing up a $90MM renovation of Kinnick, and one of the first things they did was to outfit the new visitors’ locker room in pink (or “dusty rose”), from floor to ceiling. Toilets, urinals, stall dividers, lockers, carpeting, sinks — all of it.

Pics are available at this website, but you may have to dig a little for them.

[quote comment=”4702″]Also, what are the Orioles fans so steamed about?[/quote]

More like what aren’t O’s fans steamed about?! Peter Angelos is a greedy, selfish, pig of an owner who won’t put out the money or the effort to build a contending team. The O’s haven’t made it to the playoffs in nearly a decade, and despite showing occasional signs of hope *last year’s first half* they have done nothing close to substantial since the 90’s. WhatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s more, Angelos put up a HUGE fuss over the Nationals coming to town, saying that he holds the rights to being the only baseball franchise from Pennsylvania to Virginia, which is not true because the Nationals are in the National League, so he has no control the situation. All the man cares about is money, and it is for this reason that since 1996 the Orioles have gone from first to last in attendance numbers in the AL East. Angelos is just holding onto the team as an asset until he can find a buyer who is willing to grossly overpay to get this poor excuse for a baseball owner, as far away from baseball as possible. Angelos has no sense of loyalty to the players or to the fans, and thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s why one thing that is quite often said in the Baltimore/ DC area is Ã¢â‚¬Å“I love the OriolesÃ¢â‚¬Â¦ but I hate Peter Angelos.Ã¢â‚¬Â

Lars|
August 8, 2006 at 10:57 am |

[quote comment=”4684″]File this under lasting images. Those pink unis remind me of my first Little League team (1978, I think). We had maroon jerseys (t-shirts, really) that we could keep and “real” baseball pants that had to be returned after the season.

One kid’s mother didn’t pre-wash the shirt before the first wearing, so she just threw the whole uniform in the wash after the game. The shirt’s color ran, stained the pants pink and the poor bastard had to play the whole season with pink pants.

To add insult to injury, the league wouldn’t take the pants back after the season, so his parents had to pay for them.[/quote]

I played in the same type of league in Cleveland in the 1980’s. I was on the BROWN team for 5 years in a row, but I do remember those cheap t-shirts fading so much that by August the red teams did look pink.

The upside? I always had brown stirrups with the three white stripes (two smaller surrounding the one large. Despite the awful color I was still taught by my caosches to wear the pants high and show the stripes.

Lars|
August 8, 2006 at 10:59 am |

“I was taught by my coaches to wear the pants high and show the stripes”

I was wonndering if anyone could shed some light on a Pink-related mystery that’s been plaguing me for almost 2 decades Mike Laga.

also, the pink visitors locker rooms at Kinnick stadium can be seen here

Chris Foley AKA FOLEY|
August 8, 2006 at 11:44 am |

All the BP hats hat the same color underbrim as the top color of their brims here and here. A few weeks ago in one of your blogs you had a picture of Kenny Rogers wearing his BP hat during a game. I think that is because the Brim color of the tigers BP hat is Navy so the underbrim is also Navy. I wonder if he ever got a special made black under brim for his 5950 hat. BP hats are 3930. The BP style 3930 was removed from CAP Styles from the NEW ERA website. If you go to their website here. Under CHOOSE A SPORT/CATEGORY then under CHOOSE A TEAM/ARTIST/ITEM find your teams BP hat and it shows a description. Ben Roethlisberger has decided to wear some protection not the VSR-4 the condom no not that kind of condom the “football condom” HAHA.

someone should get Barbosa a smaller size top, since his number is tucked in to his shorts.

Richard|
August 8, 2006 at 11:55 am |

and I know the article said the Expos/Nats retired 8, but I think it was just the Expos when they were still in Montreal, when Carter was elected to the HOF.

DJL|
August 8, 2006 at 11:58 am |

[quote comment=”4715″][quote comment=”4684″]File this under lasting images. Those pink unis remind me of my first Little League team (1978, I think). We had maroon jerseys (t-shirts, really) that we could keep and “real” baseball pants that had to be returned after the season.

One kid’s mother didn’t pre-wash the shirt before the first wearing, so she just threw the whole uniform in the wash after the game. The shirt’s color ran, stained the pants pink and the poor bastard had to play the whole season with pink pants.

To add insult to injury, the league wouldn’t take the pants back after the season, so his parents had to pay for them.[/quote]

I played in the same type of league in Cleveland in the 1980’s. I was on the BROWN team for 5 years in a row, but I do remember those cheap t-shirts fading so much that by August the red teams did look pink.

The upside? I always had brown stirrups with the three white stripes (two smaller surrounding the one large. Despite the awful color I was still taught by my caosches to wear the pants high and show the stripes.[/quote]

This article says, “Eight is how many times Barry Bonds homered per at-bat from 1986 through 2005.”

umm… really? That would be quite a feat.

Proofreading, people…

JTH|
August 8, 2006 at 12:41 pm |

[quote comment=”4732″]Did you guys play Four Corners, West Denison or Puritas League?[/quote]
Mine was Palatine South Little League.

Lars|
August 8, 2006 at 12:58 pm |

[quote comment=”4736″][quote comment=”4732″]Did you guys play Four Corners, West Denison or Puritas League?[/quote]
Mine was Palatine South Little League.[/quote]

West Denison. We played at Thrush fileds where they cut the grass on one field to look like the astroturf fields with just the sliding pads around the bases and the rest grass. I used to think that was so cool to have a grass infield instead of the all dirt infields.

ESS|
August 8, 2006 at 1:07 pm |

My little brother got stuck on the pink team in township soccer when he was about 8. It was the first and, I believe, only time that there was a pink team! Of course the coaches (my dad and another father who had a kid on the team) used that as a rallying point and they finished on top. I was on the white team that same year and by the end of the season our sweatshirts were whatever color they got mixed with in the wash. We looked more like a pastel rainbow team than the white team!

Vic|
August 8, 2006 at 1:08 pm |

Maybe it’s because I have a pink shirt on today, but I’m going to stand up and defend the pink uni. Not every team gets to be Red, White and Blue. The color spectrum is too wide to limit our choices. My opinion is no matter what the color is, it should give you a sense of “them vs. us” pride. What better way than a color that nobody else wears?

[quote comment=”4733″]Seems to me like they are trying to spend money.[/quote]To go back to Syd Thrift, the one thing he did get correct during his time in Baltimore was this quote when asked about why the O’s haven’t been able to sign high profile players, “It’s like we are spending confederate dollars.”

And since this is a uni-themed website, lets get back to that topic. A mojor reason that O’s fans are disgruntled by Peter Angelos is hated is because he distances the Orioles from the local Baltimore fan base. Clearly exhibited by not having “Baltimore” on the road jerseys or on any logo. he also has ordered local media and announcers not to use the word Baltimore on broadcasts. Correct, he was not the one who removed our city from the jersey intially (Late owner Edward Bennet Williams), but he sure has the power to make it happen now. With the relocation of a team in DC, and poor attendance, he needs to do something to show us he cares…and Baltimore on the road jersey would be a great first step. Not to mention how much money he would make selling the merch, and it looks sweet!!

The design of that pink uni looks like the Marquette early 70s-Cleveland Cavaliers design with the big blocks of color on the sides. That means it was designed by Sand-Knit (then Medalist Sand-Knit) which often tested its designs on Marquette teams, including the infamous no-tuck-in jerseys. In those days, they were selling jerseys with extremely bright colors (Sports Illustrated described Marquette as “wearing a shade from which the color blue may never recover”) and I vaguely remember sitting in a high school office and seeing a Sand-Knit catalog with pink unis.

Mike|
August 8, 2006 at 1:27 pm |

Did anyone else see the mention of Brady Anderson’s name in that article about vision training? Considering that his 50 home runs from the lead off spot are now widely considered a shining example of the juiced era, Sid Thrift and his “vision” can go fuck himself.

And also… if gray really does help people to “feel stronger,” then why aren’t the underbrims of helmets gray? Wouldn’t that be the more logical application?

Paul, how long have people been wearing helmets as opposed to just caps? Was it grandfathered in like the NHL? Was there a Craig MacTavish for baseball? I can only vaguely think of a Braves helmet that had a gray brim, but I’m sure there had to be more. Maybe an Orioles one?

Ian K|
August 8, 2006 at 1:28 pm |

Since we’re reminiscing about Little League uniforms, I remember every year my dad would buy me matching stirrups to with the shirt color. Most of the other kids would opt for the white socks with the colored stripe, unfortunately. I had blue, red, green, and (sorry Paul) purple. This was in the late 80s/early 90s, when stirrups were becoming less prevalent.

All I play now is softball leagues, and I usually buy full color socks…but maybe I should break out the old stirrups.

Sunday Driver|
August 8, 2006 at 1:32 pm |

In 2005, Ed Hochuli moved to Florida so that he could carry two concealed weapons without a permit.

[quote comment=”4711″][quote comment=”4687″]Reminds me of the pink locker room at Iowa’s Kinnick stadium. Hayden Fry had it painted pink because, as a psych major, he had read that pink supresses agression, or something like that…I think it is still pink to this day.[/quote]

Yep. UI is finishing up a $90MM renovation of Kinnick, and one of the first things they did was to outfit the new visitors’ locker room in pink (or “dusty rose”), from floor to ceiling. Toilets, urinals, stall dividers, lockers, carpeting, sinks — all of it.

Pics are available at this website, but you may have to dig a little for them.[/quote]

Very cool website. Here’s something from the FAQ section:

Q: Will the new visiting team lockerroom be painted pink?

A: Yes, of course. The walls will be pink and so, too, will the counter tops, lockers and even the carpeting. We’re fairly confident the new lockerroom will meet with Hayden’s approval when he has an opportunity to review it, hopefully, later this summer or early next fall.

N.|
August 8, 2006 at 1:43 pm |

[quote comment=”4746″]Since we’re reminiscing about Little League uniforms, I remember every year my dad would buy me matching stirrups to with the shirt color.

Most of the other kids would opt for the white socks with the colored stripe, unfortunately. I had blue, red, green, and (sorry Paul) purple. This was in the late 80s/early 90s, when stirrups were becoming less prevalent.

All I play now is softball leagues, and I usually buy full color socks…but maybe I should break out the old stirrups.[/quote]

There is no maybe …

and are there Really no takers on the Mike Laga pink jersey mystery? (comment #36)

a arauz|
August 8, 2006 at 1:44 pm |

[quote comment=”4709″]Palermo, of the Italian Serie A, plays in pink tops and black shorts which look pretty cool. Also, Juventus, the mighty cheating club of Italian football fame, has also worn pink as an alternate to their famous black and white striped shirts.[/quote]

Yup… that’s where Rossoneri come into play….
‘pink-n-black’

Andy|
August 8, 2006 at 1:48 pm |

If anyone still cares about when the Royals switched from green underbills to gray, I think it was sometime circa 1983-1984. (This is from looking through old baseball cards and Royals yearbooks.)

a arauz|
August 8, 2006 at 1:52 pm |

[quote comment=”4744″]The design of that pink uni looks like the Marquette early 70s-Cleveland Cavaliers design with the big blocks of color on the sides. That means it was designed by Sand-Knit (then Medalist Sand-Knit) which often tested its designs on Marquette teams, including the infamous no-tuck-in jerseys. In those days, they were selling jerseys with extremely bright colors (Sports Illustrated described Marquette as “wearing a shade from which the color blue may never recover”) and I vaguely remember sitting in a high school office and seeing a Sand-Knit catalog with pink unis.[/quote]

There should be a link on uniwatch to the collection of Ed Hochuli jokes that have appeared here.

a arauz|
August 8, 2006 at 1:53 pm |

[quote comment=”4745″]Did anyone else see the mention of Brady Anderson’s name in that article about vision training? Considering that his 50 home runs from the lead off spot are now widely considered a shining example of the juiced era, Sid Thrift and his “vision” can go fuck himself.

And also… if gray really does help people to “feel stronger,” then why aren’t the underbrims of helmets gray? Wouldn’t that be the more logical application?

Paul, how long have people been wearing helmets as opposed to just caps? Was it grandfathered in like the NHL? Was there a Craig MacTavish for baseball? I can only vaguely think of a Braves helmet that had a gray brim, but I’m sure there had to be more. Maybe an Orioles one?[/quote]
Red Sox catcher Bob Montgomery comes to mind as a grandfathered player.

Vic|
August 8, 2006 at 1:56 pm |

Holy crap! Look at Ed Hochuli’s birthday! He truly is the king of kings.

Speaking of ugly soccer unis, get a load of this lettering on the back of Werder Bremen’s threads.Linky

Their lettering looks like a stylized MS Comic Sans font. Ick! Then again, this is the team who’s fans used to chant “we have the ugliest jerseys in the league”!

Mr. Met|
August 8, 2006 at 2:37 pm |

As a lowly law school student, I can only aspire to the greatness that is Edward G. Hochuli.

Knowing that he is a lawyer, and a damn good one at that, why would any coach or player get into an argument with him over a call? Not only would he be able to rip out your spine if he disagrees with you, he could probably get a jury to agree that you deserved to get your spine ripped out.

DJL|
August 8, 2006 at 2:53 pm |

Russ99,

Speaking of fonts on soccer kits, in Chelsea’s recent game against the MLS all stars the font on the back of their jersey differed from the English Premier League font of Optima. This isn’t unusual, as someone stated on here a time back. EPL teams often use different fonts for non-EPL games such as Champions League, UEFA Cup and exhibitions.

In my youth baseball days we were sponsored by Barney’s Fried Chicken, so we had yellow uniforms with “Barney’s White Sox” in black on the front and the BFC logo (which looked like the black outline of a chicken that had just farted), and black hats.

We didn’t even get issued socks.

Gregg|
August 8, 2006 at 3:23 pm |

[quote comment=”4756″]Holy crap! Look at Ed Hochuli’s birthday! He truly is the king of kings.[/quote]

Whoa, I followed that link, and check this quote out: “He is also known for his unusually muscular frame compared to other NFL referees, most notably his biceps.”

I would like to take credit for finding this website, but I cannot. Someone posted this in the comments section a month or so ago.

The whole site is awesome. What I’ve learned from this is that soccer uniforms are either really good (Arsenal and Liverpool are classic, timeless designs) or they are really really terrible as you can see here.

Vic|
August 8, 2006 at 3:42 pm |

…And the three wise men followed the star to the banks of Lake Michigan to the crib where the little baby Hochuli slept, from their bags they produced 3 gifts. The first produced a black and white striped shirt with a neatly pressed collar, the second pulled out a brillantly shiny chrome whistle, and the third pulled out a curling bar and nunchucks. They said here lies our savior, and he will use these instruments to bring justice to our world…

[quote comment=”4771″]…And the three wise men followed the star to the banks of Lake Michigan to the crib where the little baby Hochuli slept, from their bags they produced 3 gifts. The first produced a black and white striped shirt with a neatly pressed collar, the second pulled out a brillantly shiny chrome whistle, and the third pulled out a curling bar and nunchucks. They said here lies our savior, and he will use these instruments to bring justice to our world…[/quote]

…and then He read the previous post, and the mighty muscular arms of the now adult Hochuli threw His yellow flag till it rained down upon all creaton, and He penalized Vic for not capitalizing the H in “he” as you would in Hochuli, and Vic was penalized 15 yards, loss of down, and is not permitted to post on this subject until post 100….and it was that Vic felt shame in his disrespect for the mighty Hochuli and vowed to spread the Word of Hoch, and Hochulize all of creation.

Pretty deep huh??

Matthew|
August 8, 2006 at 3:53 pm |

I don’t know what to say about the above other than ‘wow’. Other words fail me…

Jason|
August 8, 2006 at 3:56 pm |

[quote comment=”4713″]WhatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s more, Angelos put up a HUGE fuss over the Nationals coming to town, saying that he holds the rights to being the only baseball franchise from Pennsylvania to Virginia, which is not true because the Nationals are in the National League, so he has no control the situation.[/quote]

The American and National Leagues have not existed as independent entities in a number of years. All baseball administration is now handled directly through Major League Baseball. Hence, Angelos did have a legitimate complaint when the Nationals were moved into his market. The Leagues haven’t existed since around 2000. That’s why there are no more league presidents — just the commissioner — and the umpires are all MLB instead of the traditional league crews.

[quote comment=”4774″]I don’t know what to say about the above other than ‘wow’. Other words fail me…[/quote]

I took a creative writing class 18 years ago in High school….It comes naturally to me.

Vic|
August 8, 2006 at 4:25 pm |

[quote comment=”4773″][quote comment=”4771″]…And the three wise men followed the star to the banks of Lake Michigan to the crib where the little baby Hochuli slept, from their bags they produced 3 gifts. The first produced a black and white striped shirt with a neatly pressed collar, the second pulled out a brillantly shiny chrome whistle, and the third pulled out a curling bar and nunchucks. They said here lies our savior, and he will use these instruments to bring justice to our world…[/quote]

…and then He read the previous post, and the mighty muscular arms of the now adult Hochuli threw His yellow flag till it rained down upon all creaton, and He penalized Vic for not capitalizing the H in “he” as you would in Hochuli, and Vic was penalized 15 yards, loss of down, and is not permitted to post on this subject until post 100….and it was that Vic felt shame in his disrespect for the mighty Hochuli and vowed to spread the Word of Hoch, and Hochulize all of creation.

…he only played in 18 games with the Cardinals after being traded from Detroit.

Now the 1987 Tigers aren’t exactly famous for anything exotic like orange warm-up jerseys, so I can only imagine that the Cards gear was airbrushed over plain white or gray Tigers stuff, and those are the same two colors that the Cardinals wore. So you’d think that only the cap and collar would need to be redrawn.

Maybe the artist spilled some red paint on the jersey part and just mixed it around to form pink, rather than redo the whole thing…?

i think mike laga’s claim to fame is not so much having a pink jersey on his card, but for being the only man to ever hit a ball out of busch stadium (although a foul hr, this was a blast!)

Kevin A.|
August 8, 2006 at 10:10 pm |

I’d just like to bring to everyone’s attention that on espn.com the poll of the night is which team has the worst uniform ever would give link but #1 you all know it and #2 the poll will just change of the 5 teams (Cunucks 78-85,Astros 75-79, Padres 73, Cavs 94-99, & Oregon Ducks current) Paul’s most hated uniform not purple or pink the D-rays first uni’s not on this list either….